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Alaska Fire Service
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History of helping: Alaska hotshot crews support fire suppression in the Lower 48

Every year, as fire activity increases in the western United States and decreases in Alaska, available fire resources — especially hotshot crews — are in high demand.
Idaho

Show Your Public Lands Some Love This National Public Lands Day

Celebrate National Public Lands Day by participating in an in-person or virtual event this September and October! “BLM Idaho is pleased to continue our National Public Lands
Montana-Dakotas

Small but mighty: Pollinators (Bumbles) of the Montana/Dakotas

Story by Chris Boone, BLM Montana/Dakotas State Biologist 
Eastern States
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William Henry Clark

This week's Record of the Week is about William Henry Clark (W.H.
Idaho

Adopt a 4-H Trained Wild Horse on September 12, 2020!

The East Idaho 4-H and BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program partnership is excited to present the following 4-H trained wild horses for adoption on September 12, 2020.
Alaska
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NPR-A: the plan, the planner, the process

The best laid plans don’t happen by accident, and they require some very skilled planners to lay them out.  We sat down with Stephanie Rice recently to go over the planning effort for the Nati
Utah

Vegetation treatments pay off during firefighting efforts

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in southwest Utah, in cooperation with Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative and other interested parties, treats an average of 40,000 acres of public land ann
Albuquerque DO

BLM New Mexico interns conduct surveying for rare plants

Story and photos by Laura Shriver, Plant Conservation and Restoration Program Specialist; Hannah Millsap, 2019 Botany Intern; and Ashley Taylor, 2019 Botany Intern.
Alaska
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Podcast: NPR-A: the plan, the planner, the process

The best laid plans don’t happen by accident, and they require some very skilled planners to lay them out.  We sat down with Stephanie Rice recently to go over the planning effort for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan and to get a glimpse into what makes Stephanie tick.
James Hart
Eastern States
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San Dimas, California

Famously the setting for both "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" and "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey," moviegoers will be taking one more trip to San Dimas this summer when "Bill & Ted Face
Alaska, Alaska Fire Service
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First line of fireline EMTs

The three BLM Alaska Fire Service employees were not taking cooking lessons at the AFS dining facility on March 12, 2020, but participating in basic training to become Emergency Medical Technicians. The three took turns simulating wound care by stopping the flow of blood, in this case, the red liquid running through an IV line and out a hole in the roast. 
Beth Ipsen